The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1887-08-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.

About the busiest man IN this
city at present is the clerk of the
House of Representatives, who is
engaged in looking into and pre-
pairing the contested Congressional
election cases--thc evidence in
which must be printed before the
convening of the Fiftieth Con-
gress it is thought there will be
only six such cases in the body
one each from Alabama, South
Carolina, Indiana, and Illinois,
and two from California IL much
smaller number than usual.
The Republicans in Washington
viewed with much interest, not to
say anxiety, the late meeting and
action of tho Ohio Republican
State Convention; Sherman $
friends feel elatcd over his victory,
although many of them seriously
doubt the policy Of his course in
forcing an endorsement while
Blaine followers are in a rage
and swear they viii get even next
year by sending a delegation from
the Buckeye State favorable to
the aspirations of the man from
Maine. One of these infuriated
Blaineites was heard to declare
that Sherman's action in capturing
the convention and shaping il, IN
his own interests was one of the
most shameless and humiliating
spcctacles ever Witnessed in
American polities--more like the
manipulation of n schemIng ward
politician than the deliberate con
duct of so-called statesman,
seeking the highest and m t
honorable station on earth. For
once l am willing TO hold up this
Blaine man as true exponent Of
Democratic opinion on the subject
under consideration. 50, ] will
drop the matter right here.
Probably there arc few persons
who realize the tremendous task
of compiling and publishing the
war papers known as the "Rebell-
ion Records" the eighteenth
volume of which has just been
printed and is ready for distribu-
ton. This volume only takes the
great work up to the year 1862 /,
it IS calculated that all OF the
records will make 127 volumes
and that il will not be finished
until late In the next century, at
a time when there will! probably
be not one survivor Of the civil
strife it commentaries
The total receipts from all
sources Of internal revenue for
the late fiscal year amount to
$1l8, 1886, ,757.-. exceeding by ST.
932, 1888 that Of the year before.
There was decrease IN the tax
on distilled spirits and an increase
In the tax on all other articles,
such as tobacco, oleomargerinc
and fermented liquors.
A showing almost as good IS
made in regard to the imports
and exports Of the United States
for the same period as follows: /:
Exports of merchandise, $7I6,-
704, ,784; imports 1912, ,259 ,951 /;
excess Of exports, $24,445, 1888 /;
gold exported SO, ,701, ,187 import
ed, $42, Dos, sol; excess Of inn
ports, $33, ,207,714; silver export
ed, $2G,276, ,5O4; imported
$l7,260,191 excess of exports,
$9,036,3l3 total number of inn
migrants, 4S3, ,116.
The jolly drummers have been
halted in their triumphant march
by the ruling of the Interstate
Commission that the railroads
cannot legally give that fraternity
reduced rates, but only for a
moment, as the commercial travel
er realizes full well that at last the
consumer of the goody he sells
must pay his expenses, and so be
goes on his way rejoicing, seeking
new fields of trade and denouncing
the Interstate Commission as emo
good," and a s'hollow fraud"
The drummer is irrepressible and
nothing short of death can stop
his prograss or flow of conyersa-
tion.
The Navy Department has
made a contract with the Hotchkiss
ordnance Company, with the
understanding that a branch of
the manufactory will be establish
ed in the United States. Regard.
ing the enterprise Secretary
Whitney says; "The erection Of
this mandatory will mark
another era IN the reconstruction
Of the Navy Continuing, the
Secretary said; 'sMr Hotchkiss
was an American when he died in
1851. England, France,
Germany. Russia, Italy--eyery